Beautiful vineyard path in the Oberdörfer Rebberg Dielenberg.
We leave the train at Oberdorf, Winkelweg stop on the outskirts of Oberdorf. To the north you can see the church St. Peter, built around 1100 AD. On closer inspection, the church tower clock stands out: it only has a single hand.
After crossing the main road, we turn immediately behind the pedestrian crossing into the first small street on the left. After 100 meters, we go right and cross the Vordere Frenke on the little bridge to the left. On the right, we now see the impressive building of the Oberdörfer mill; however, it has long been out of operation.
The lower vineyard path (marked white) leads to the vineyard house with the cellar of the Dielenberg Oberdorf Winegrowers' Association. The facility was built in 1977 and had to be expanded twice due to increasing space requirements because the winegrowers' association produces its wine on site. The cozy grape room with infrastructure can be rented.
After the vineyard house begins the natural road with a slight but steady incline below the vineyards; along the path are information boards about viticulture, the vineyard and village history of Oberdorf. The Oberdörfer vineyard is no longer a continuous vineyard. Poor meadows, field thickets, and stone piles diversify Dielenberg and provide a microhabitat for many birds, lizards, and other small animals. Specialized flora also finds its ideal habitat in the dry locations of the vineyard. Since 1760, numerous dry stone walls and stairs have been built for slope stabilization and better management. The vineyard covers almost 3 hectares and is managed by about 40 vintners of the association and five self-producers who practice viticulture as an extraordinary hobby.
While hiking, there is a magnificent view of the Jura heights with Rehhag, Humbel, Helfenberg, Bilstein, and Richtfluh. To the west, we recognize the Tschoppenhof and the Tittert heights. At the end of today's vineyard, the forest begins; before 1900, this was still mostly vineyard area, as can still be seen in the narrow grass and shrub parcels.
Past the fox farm, we come on a solid road to an intersection. Downhill after 100 meters, we turn left onto a grass path. With a slight incline, it goes about 120 meters through the forest, then gently downhill through pasture land until the turnoff to the Fueterstig farm is reached on the opposite slope. To the north, we have a magnificent panoramic view of the entire Oberdörfer vineyard. At the forest edge, we find an information board about the Edlisberg-Meiersberg nature reserve. The descent around the Edlisberg to Oberdorf is sometimes narrow and rocky. We pass a gypsum pit that was exploited from 1780 to 1910. Today it is considered a geological monument. At the forest edge, the paved road through the built-up area begins again; after a few hundred meters, we reach Oberdorf railway station.
With the Waldenburger Railway to Oberdorf, Winkelweg / Oberdorf station
Tip 1
After the Oberdörfer mill, sporty hikers can choose the steep upper path (marked yellow). This path runs along the upper edge of the vineyard with a better view and later rejoins the lower path.
Tip 2
If you want to avoid the last section with uneven paths, turn north at the sign to the nature reserve onto the paved road around the farm Fueterstig below, then continue straight ahead to the residential area. At the third street on the left (hairpin turn), you will meet the vineyard path again after 100 meters.